Fascinating wording here: I know how to swim. As opposed to 'I can swim'. Which... pretty much describes me! I am perfectly safe in the water, I'm confident that if I fell out of a boat I wouldn't instantly drown, I go 'swimming' for fun when I'm at my parents' place.
I had swimming lessons up to about age twelve, in school holidays, plus through school until fourteen or fifteen. I maxed out the technical swimming lessons, but was clearly not a candidate for lifesaving certificates or squad training, so my parents for a year or two paid for me to have a private coach while my little brother finished the kiddy lesson sequence.
For all that, I still can't... actually swim 25 metres. I could /during/ the swimming lessons, but pretty much every year I regressed over winter. These days if you put me in the water and ask me to swim from A to B I... struggle. I'll be perfectly safe, but ungainly and probably going sideways.
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Date: 2018-09-15 03:25 pm (UTC)I had swimming lessons up to about age twelve, in school holidays, plus through school until fourteen or fifteen. I maxed out the technical swimming lessons, but was clearly not a candidate for lifesaving certificates or squad training, so my parents for a year or two paid for me to have a private coach while my little brother finished the kiddy lesson sequence.
For all that, I still can't... actually swim 25 metres. I could /during/ the swimming lessons, but pretty much every year I regressed over winter. These days if you put me in the water and ask me to swim from A to B I... struggle. I'll be perfectly safe, but ungainly and probably going sideways.